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Melinda French Gates: Why I’m Donating $1 Billion for Women’s Rights
Many years ago, I received this piece of advice: “Set your own agenda, or someone else will set it for…
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A Film From 1974 Offers a Rare Glimpse Inside an Abandoned Ellis Island
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTA Film From 1974 Offers a Rare Glimpse Inside an Abandoned Ellis Island May 28, 2024, 5:00…
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Will Roy Cohn Save Donald Trump’s Hide One Last Time?
Sitting still for hours on end in a chilly, drab courtroom, unable to speak his mind, forced to listen to…
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Ted Cruz Has Some Strong Opinions About College Sports
College sports bring in billions of dollars in revenue every year, but until very recently virtually none of it went…
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Let the Salmon Run Free
In his 1937 book, “Kennebec: Cradle of Americans,” the poet Robert Tristram Coffin called Maine’s sprawling river a “paradise for…
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Elon Musk Dominates Space Launch. Rivals Are Calling Foul.
Elon Musk aggressively elbowed his way into the space launch business over the past two decades, combining engineering genius and…
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No, Americans Are Not Completely Stupid About Inflation
Stefanie Stantcheva was 11 years old in 1997 when annual inflation in Bulgaria, the country from which she and her…
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South Africa Is Becoming Something New, and It’s Not Good
The ceremony went virtually unnoticed. On an overcast April day in South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered…
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The Stench of Climate Change Denial
This may sound a bit weird, but when I think about my adolescent years, I sometimes associate them with the…
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The Cicadas Are Here. You Have Nothing to Fear.
By Margaret Renkl Produced by Kristina Samulewski They’re noisy and clumsy, and there are a trillion of them. Take a…